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Autobiography: general

Paperback. A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world's great commentators on religion. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007122295
ISBN
9780007122295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.65

hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781509809660
ISBN
9781509809660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Documents Albert Einstein's scientific activity: his concentration for years on the unfathomable problems of quanta and radiation, his knowledge of experimental physics, his many fruitful interactions with experimentalists, and his struggle to generalize the 1905 theory of relativity to include gravitation and accelerated frames of reference. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Beck, Anna. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000992
ISBN
9780691000992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.19
€ 55.54

Paperback. Chronicles the author's travels in the rugged mountain forests of Japan's Shiretoko National Park, on a vision quest in Death Valley, and to the sacred waters of the Ganges. This book also features the landscape of his marriage, both its initial sweetness and its eventual failure. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232143
ISBN
9780803232143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.35

hardcover. Presents Albert Einstein's writings from his arrival in Berlin in the spring of 1914 to take up his new position at the Prussian Academy of Sciences through the end of 1917. This book contains papers describing Einstein's experimental investigation, a study of Ampere's molecular currents, which he carried out with the Dutch physicist W J de Haas. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691010861
ISBN
9780691010861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.98
€ 134.10

Paperback. This collection of letters between Freud and his future biographer provides an account of the early years of the psychoanalytical movement. While charting the progress of a friendship, the correspondence also touches upon contemporary events, such as the Russian Revolution and rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 894 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
894
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674154247
ISBN
9780674154247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.06
€ 50.33

Hardback. This final volume marks the twilight years of this American writer's life. These letters, including many to Henry David Thoreau, William Henry Furness, Margaret Fuller, and Thomas Carlyle among others offer an intimate portrait of Emerson. Num Pages: 515 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 10
Number of pages
515
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101837
ISBN
9780231101837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.53
€ 107.18

Paperback. Presents a personal and provocative look at poverty in America. This book tells the story of growing up in a large Irish Catholic working-class family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and draws together the experiences of living in poverty, the role of the church and music. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; HRCV; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Augsburg Fortress United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780806656243
ISBN
9780806656243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.77

Paperback. The Weathermen - a US-based, revolutionary splinter group of Students for a Democratic Society - advocated the overthrow of the government and capitalism. Here, the author traces her involvement with this group, and her transformation from a shy, married graduate student into a go-go dancing, street-fighting "macho mama." Editor(s): Browder, Laura. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; HBTV; JFSJ1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813540931
ISBN
9780813540931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.79

Hardback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the masterful report that Einstein gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 550 pages, 264 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 200 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691087726
ISBN
9780691087726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.98
€ 134.10

Hardback. Hiratsuka Raicho (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in the early women's movement in Japan. This autobiography describes her childhood, early youth, and subsequent rebellion against the strict social codes of the time. Translator(s): Craig, Teruko. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138123
ISBN
9780231138123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.64
€ 80.88

Hardback. Frankye Regis recounts her childhood as a black girl growing up in rural segregated Mississippi during the 1960s and 70s. Series: Voices of Twentieth-Century Conflict. Num Pages: 184 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780313329982
ISBN
9780313329982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.25

paperback. As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, the author reveals in this warm and humorous account, the experiences of his first year in the job - and what an education it was! He quickly learns that he must slow his pace and appreciate the beautiful countryside. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
288
SKU
KTG0012799
ISBN
9780140275421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813551708
ISBN
9780813551708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.33

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813540726
ISBN
9780813540726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.13

Paperback. Historian Peter Gay tells of his youth as an assimilated, antireligious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933-39. He describes his family, the life they led, and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner, and he explores his own ambivalent feelings - then and now - toward Germany and the Germans. Num Pages: 218 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300080704
ISBN
9780300080704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.95

paperback. The long-awaited and utterly enthralling autobiography of a Fleet Street legend Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447249061
ISBN
9781447249061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. A new English translation, the first to be based on the definitive French Pleiade edition." Translator(s): Kelly, Christopher; Bush, Judith R. Series: The Collected Writings of Rousseau. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA; DSBD; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874518368
ISBN
9780874518368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.71
€ 51.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 653 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 8
Number of pages
653
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075169
ISBN
9780231075169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.53
€ 108.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, half tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JPSH; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Clairview Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781905570386
ISBN
9781905570386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.66

Hardback. This is the penultimate volume in the continuation of Ralph L. Rusk's 1939 edition of Emerson's letters. Vol 9 covers the years 1860-1869, when Emerson switched from using small, local publishers to the prestigious firm of Ticknor and Fields. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Volume 9
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081023
ISBN
9780231081023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.53
€ 106.72

Paperback. Moving from examinations of narratives about disability and illness, the stigmatizing things that healthcare providers unwittingly say to their patients, and communication problems in the intensive care unit, to more personal reflections on anger, isolation, and stories of tragedy, tis work also discusses disability in the workplace. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396769
ISBN
9781566396769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.80

Paperback. A contributor to "The Tactile Mind Weekly" and the National Association of the Deafs "Mind Over Matter" writes about the biases he has faced in both the hearing and deaf communities, and addresses such topics as Christmas trips and marriage with a withering wit. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563683572
ISBN
9781563683572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. In the fifth Deaf Lives volume, Jacobs tells of searchingin Australia and Europe for an identity that has yet to be invented, as being neither deaf nor hearing, but an in-between." Series: Deaf Lives Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563683503
ISBN
9781563683503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.90

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